USNS Kane
survey vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USNS Kane
- IMO number
- 7738644
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- survey vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 2,616
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 87 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1967
- Builder
- Bay Shipbuilding Company
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USNS Kane
USNS Kane (T-AGS-27) was a Silas Bent-class survey ship acquired by the United States Navy and delivered to Military Sealift Command in 1967. Kane spent her career performing oceanographic surveys. The ship was equipped with the Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) as were oceanographic survey ships USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26) and USNS Wilkes (T-AGS-33). Kane was launched 20 November 1965 by the Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; sponsored by Mrs. Harold T. Duetermann, wife of Vice Admiral Deutermann; assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service; and placed in service 26 May 1967 for scientific operations in the Atlantic. Bruce Heezen was the chief scientist on Kane's maiden research voyage, a four-month survey of fracture zones to determine what route and through what periods of geologic time North America separated from Europe and Africa.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USNS Kane now?
- USNS Kane has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USNS Kane?
- USNS Kane is a survey vessel, built in 1967 by Bay Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 87 m long and has a gross tonnage of 2,616.
- Has USNS Kane been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USNS Kane appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).